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2Ki 19:37 — And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Nisroch		2Ki 19:10; 2Ki 18:5,30; Deu 32:31; 2Ch 32:14,19; Isa 37:37,38
his sons smote		2Ki 19:7; 2Ch 32:21
the land		Armenia or Ararat is a province of Asia, comprising the modern Turcomania and part of Persia; having Georgia on the north, Curdistan, or the ancient Assyria on the south, and Asia Minor, now Natolia, on the west.
Armenia		Heb. Ararat. Gen 8:4; Jer 51:27
Esar-haddon		Ezr 4:2

Correlating Passages

Nisroch

	2Ki 19:10	Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
	2Ki 18:5	He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor [any] that were before him.
	2Ki 18:30	Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
	Deu 32:31	For their rock [is] not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves [being] judges.
	2Ch 32:14	Who [was there] among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?
	2Ch 32:19	And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, [which were] the work of the hands of man.
	Isa 37:37	So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
	Isa 37:38	And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

his sons smote

	2Ki 19:7	Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
	2Ch 32:21	And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.

Armenia

	Gen 8:4	And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
	Jer 51:27	Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.

Esar-haddon

Ezr 4:2

Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye [do]; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Kings 19:37," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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